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Citation Instructions

NAMA produces materials for education and disemination. You are free to use

them in your publications, or to discribute them.

These are intended only as examples.

Education Series

author, name of document. Education Series, Number X, date. Available from

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates, 435 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

Policy Statement

name of document. Policy Statement, date. Available from National Alliance of Methadone Advocates, 435 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

NAMA Advocate (or The Ombudsman)

author, title of article. NAMA Advocate, Vol. X, date. Available from

National Alliance of Methadone Advocates, 435 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

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